The EU has apparently funded a new “Thematic Network on Biometric Technologies” under the ICT Policy Support Programme of FP7. The BEST (Biometrics European Stakeholders) Network aims to ensure “consensus-building and experience sharing” around the deployment of biometric ID systems. The BEST network includes 40 partner organisations, described as:
- Government representatives
- Academic researchers
- Test laboratories
- Research institutes
- Consultancies
- End user organisations
- Biometrics industry representatives: suppliers & integrators
Privacy and data protection experts need not apply, it appears. You can read more about the network in these two presentations:
- European Biometrics Forum: BEST (Biometrics European Stakeholders Network): best_standard.pdf
- Biometrics in Europe: From Research and Implementation to BEST Practice: presentation
Looking out for you: the BEST consortium
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